» Employment Discrimination

A supervisor doesn’t have to be the person who fires an employee to influence the decision. If a supervisor’s actions are motivated by discrimination, their actions can raise a different question: Did their bias play a role in what happened next?… Read More

Getting fired for being overweight can feel both humiliating and confusing. In Ohio, weight itself isn’t listed as a protected characteristic under the state’s employment discrimination laws. That doesn’t necessarily end the convers… Read More

Few employees expect to hear that their FMLA leave rights may be different from those of their coworkers. Yet employers sometimes designate certain workers as key employees, creating confusion about what happens when leave ends. The designation does… Read More

Most employees understand that workplace discrimination is illegal. What many people do not realize is that those protections are not limited to one type of employee. Reverse discrimination laws are based on the same federal and Ohio statutes that pr… Read More

You build your discrimination case based on what happened at the time of termination. Then you find out the employer is now bringing up entirely different events. After-acquired evidence allows employers to introduce information discovered later to l… Read More

Being misclassified as an independent contractor is not a technical issue. It directly affects how much you are paid, the benefits you receive, and whether your employer is complying with the law. Many Ohio workers accept a 1099 classification withou… Read More

A criminal record shouldn’t prevent someone from seeking gainful employment. All too often, an application is discarded, and the door to opportunity closes before the candidate has a chance to explain who they are today. Ohio’s ban-the-box law ad… Read More

If you have a certain medical condition or disability, it’s important to understand that you have privacy rights in the workplace. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), there are different privacy protections in place at the three distin… Read More